Boston City Guide

F&W’s guide features Boston's best restaurants, fantastic bakeries, boutique hotels and travel tips from local experts. Plus: delicious recipes from exceptional Boston chefs.

Top Picks

Boston Restaurants

Insider Picks
Splurge
- Menton
- Oleana
- O Ya
- Radius
Best Value
Bar
- Drink

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Editors’ Pick

Liberty Hotel

This former prison-turned-boutique hotel offers complimentary bikes, weekend yoga classes and guided running tours around the city. libertyhotel.com

Slideshow: More Healthy Travel

Boston Restaurants: Hungry Mother — Hungry Mother: Virginia-born Barry Maiden uses French techniques to elevate Southern-style food like country ham biscuits and catfish with mustard brown butter.

Editor’s Pick — Hungry Mother: Virginia-born Barry Maiden uses French techniques to elevate Southern-style food like country ham biscuits and catfish with mustard brown butter.

Insider’s Guide

Barbara Lynch Loves Truffles and Spicy Noodles

Influential chef Barbara Lynch owns six Boston restaurants, including No. 9 Park, Menton and Drink (one of our favorite bars in the U.S.). Here, Lynch reveals where to find the best spicy Dan Dan noodles, bar food, shopping and boutique hotel. Read More

Boston Chef Recipes

Dan Dan Noodles

Joanne Chang, owner of Flour Bakery + Café in Boston, sets aside her rolling pin to make stir-fries and noodle dishes like this peanutty dan dan at a second restaurant.
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Lemon-Stuffed Grilled Branzino

Branzino, a European sea bass, is low in fat but has a wonderful richness when cooked on the bone.
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Salmon Sashimi with Ginger and Hot Sesame Oil

Tim Cushman dresses salmon with a citrus-soy dressing, then tops it with fresh ginger and chives before bathing it in a hot sesame-oil mixture. The heat from the oil cooks the salmon just slightly, creating a luxurious texture.
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Blueberry-Almond Shortcakes with Crème Fraîche

Almond flour gives these not-too-sweet biscuits a subtle nutty flavor; cornmeal adds a bit of crunch.
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